21 Results for "Knobcon"

Michigan Synth Works MSW-830: A Roland-style mono with 3 oscillators?!

What could be better than a single-oscillator Roland mono? One with three VCOs! That’s the Michigan Synth Works MSW-830.

GS Music Bree6: Lush New Polyphonic Analog Synth Coming as Soon as November

The team behind the gorgeous E7 has announced the GS Music Bree6, a six-voice analog poly in keyboard and desktop versions.

Knobcon 2023: 4MS Meta Module puts virtual Eurorack into hardware modular

With Meta Module, 4MS appears to be running VCV Rack or some other Eurorack emulation within a hardware Eurorack module. Here's what we know.

Knobcon 2023: Boredbrain XCELON voltage controlled stereo mixer

XCELON is a tasty-looking 6-channel stereo/dual mono mixer with voltage control via 26 CV inputs in 48 HP. But where's the master level control?

Knobcon 2023: 1010music brings bluebox to Eurorack

1010music unleashes the power of digital mixing upon the world of modular by transforming the desktop bluebox mixer into the bluebox Eurorack edition.

Pet Rock: Red Means Recording howls at the moon over this module

Jeremy Blake a.k.a. Red Means Recording loses his mind over the Pet Rock rhythm-generating module that's controlled by the phase and mood of the moon.

Artisan Electronic Instruments previews Iliad polyphonic synthesizer

Based on Artisan Electronic's Nucleus voice card, the Iliad is a custom-built synth offering from 4 to 16 voices of analog and digital oscillations.

Midweek Modular: Knobcon 2022 special report

Knobcon 10 took place last weekend and was full of fascinating modular, synths and fabulous performances. Here are a few things that caught my eye.

Therevox Ondes VCO: Eurorack recreation of the Ondes Martenot oscillator

Therevox builds modern analogue synthesizers inspired by the Ondes Martenot. The Ondes VCO recreates the building block of this historic machine.

Knobcon 2021: What you might have missed from Knobcon 9

Knobcon 9 hosted all sorts of synths, modules and devices we hadn't seen before. With the help of JAde Wii's camera work, let's see what we missed!

Knobcon/Superbooth 2021: New Buchla Music Easel revealed

First seen at Knobcon and now heading to Superbooth Marc Doty was carrying a brand new updated version of the iconic Buchla Music Easel.

Knobcon 2021: VCV previews VCV Rack 2 and includes VST plugin version

VCV was at Knobcon showing the latest version of VCV Rack which includes a fabulous UI redesign, lots of enhancements and the option to run it as a VST plugin.

Knobcon 2021: Osiris bi-fidelity wavetable oscillator from Modbap Modular

Osiris has 4 banks of 32 wavetables, each with 32 waveforms constructed from 256 samples, running at 96kHz - how's that for fidelity?

Knobcon 2021: Michigan Synth Works MSW-810 analog monosynth

Michigan Synth Works will be showing their MSW-810 synthesizer based on the obscure Roland DG CMU-810 at Knobcon this weekend.

Knobcon: Chicagoland’s epic synthesizer convention is on! 

Knobcon Number Nine is finally confirmed as going ahead this weekend 10th-12th September after suffering all the usual Covid chaos. It is on!

Erica Synths adopts Buchla Voicecard preset management for Pico System III

Erica Synths announce Pico System III single face-plate modular analogue synthesizer with Voicecard preset management for storing and recalling patches just like the Buchla Music Easel - wow!

NAMM 2019: STG Soundlabs .VCO, Radiophonic 1 Eurorack system and Boatrocker

STG Soundlabs introduce us to a new oscillator, put a power supply and some modules into a discarded Moog Mother-32 case and call it the Radiophonic 1 monosynth.

Knobcon 2018: First look at the finished Behringer RD-808 Rhythm Designer

Knobcon this weekend will hopefully reveal a lot of wonderfully electronic sound making machines. First up are the first images of the production version of Behringer's RD-808 Rhythm Designer drum machine.

VCV Rack: a virtual modular Eurorack system that’s completely free

The beta version of VCV Rack offers 27 virtual Eurorack modules from the likes of Mutable Instruments, Befaco and Synthesis Technology. It's free and gives you an entire Eurorack modular system on the desktop.

KVgear Vixen: a mixer for all your Volcas

The Vixen mixer from KVgear will mix and power up to 8 Korg Volcas and is also the size of one. A neat idea coming to Kickstarter and synth jams everywhere.

Modal CRAFTrhythm DIY drum and percussion sampler

Modal Electronics announce the CRAFTrhythm, an 8-track drum and percussion sampler in the same DIY form as the CRAFTsynth. Good, cheap, fun.